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Amos Arthur Heller (March 21, 1867 – May 19, 1944) was an American botanist.[1]

Amos Arthur Heller
Born(1867-03-21)March 21, 1867
Danville, Pennsylvania U.S.
DiedMay 19, 1944(1944-05-19) (aged 77)
Vacaville, California U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materFranklin & Marshall College
Spouse(s)Emily Gertrude Heller
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)A.Heller

Early life


Heller was born in Danville, Pennsylvania.

In 1892, Heller received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Franklin & Marshall College. In 1897, he received a Master's degree in Botany from Franklin & Marshall College.[2]


Career


From 1896 to 1898, Heller was a professor of Botany at the University of Minnesota.[2]

From 1898 to 1899, Heller worked on the Vanderbilt Expedition to Puerto Rico under the auspices of the New York Botanical Garden.[2]

Starting in 1905, Heller was a professor of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California.[2]

After moving to California, Heller and his wife, Emily Gertrude Heller, founded the botanical journal Muhlenbergia and Heller continued to edit that journal until 1915.[1] He also obtained an impressive collection from Puerto Rico.[3][4]


Personal life


In 1896, Heller married Emily Gertrude Heller (née Halbach). She frequently collaborated with him both in the collection of specimens as well as illustrating his numerous publications.[1]


Botanist author abbreviation


The standard author abbreviation A.Heller is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References


  1. Williams, Roger L. (2003). A region of astonishing beauty. Lanham (Md.): R. Rinehart. p. 146. ISBN 1570983976.
  2. Jordan, H.E. (February 1908). "The Pennsylvania-German As Biologist". The Penn Germania: A Popular Journal of German History and Ideals in the United States. Cleona, PA: Holzapfel Publishing Company. IX (2): 63.
  3. California State University, Sacramento Archived October 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on July 1, 2008
  4. Santiago-Valentín, Eugene (July 2005). "Amos Arthur Heller's Puerto Rico plant collecting itineraries of 1900 and 1902–1903 and their utility for the historical study of endangered plants". Brittonia. Allen Press. 57 (3): 292. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2005)057[0292:AAHPRP]2.0.CO;2.
  5. IPNI.  A.Heller.



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А́мос А́ртур Хе́ллер (англ. Amos Arthur Heller, 1867, США — 1944, там же) — американский ботаник, известный коллекционер ботанических образцов начала XX века, собиратель коллекций и гербариев.


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